COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

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JFS program staff offer one-time and ongoing Community based programs and workshops on life’s issues and challenges ranging from adoption, to aging and caregiver concerns. Community programs connect people to information and education that help them adapt to change, reach their maximum potential and lead fulfilled lives.

Baby Safe Sleep

Between 2007 and 2011, in Monroe County, 42 infants under twelve months of age died after being placed in an unsafe sleeping environment. The babies were sleeping in a position or a place where their breathing became obstructed and they were too young to be able to move away. JFS is partnering with the Baby Safe Sleep Coalition to educate parents about the importance of babies sleeping by themselves, on their backs in a crib without blankets, toys, pillows or bumpers. Our goal is to reduce and, even eliminate these tragic deaths by increasing community awareness so that all babies are put to sleep in a safe, risk-free environment.

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Safe Crib Project

The Safe Crib Project was established in 1993 to meet the need of impoverished families of newborns for safe, high-quality cribs.

The members of the Safe Crib Project are all volunteers and includes representatives from Anthony Jordan Health Center, Baby Love Program of the Strong Health Social Work Division, Family Resource Centers of Rochester, Nurse Family Partnership and P.A.T. Perinatal Health Program.

Cribs are provided to those who demonstrate a need and are participating in the above programs. All include a home visiting component with safe sleep education. The project solicits funds annually from various corporations, churches, synagogues and community organizations. The project has begun fundraising efforts to purchase cribs to be distributed in 2014. For more information or to make a donation, email doyle@babysafesleep.org or call (585) 461-0110 ext. 149.